# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Vergil: III Dēclīnātiō to Adiectīva III Dēclīnātiōnis

Vergil

III Dēclīnātiō; Prōnōmen Relātīvum; Adiectīva III Dēclīnātiōnis

Source: https://1732studios.com/courses/la/43. Data: https://1732studios.com/courses/la/43.json.

## Vergil's words: lītus, genitor, nūmen

**1** Īdomeneā ducem, dēsertaque lītora Crētae  
kingdom, Idomeneus; that the shores of Crete lie deserted,

**2** nōmine Achaemenidēs, Trōiam genitōre Adamastō  
Achaemenides by name, and I set out for Troy with a father, Adamastus,

**3** Iam caelum terramque meō sine nūmine, ventī,  
So now, winds, without my will, do you dare to throw sky

## Vergil's words: classis, aequor, immānis

**4** Īliacās igitur classēs atque ultima Teucrum  
Am I then to follow the Ilian fleets and the last

**5** aequoris esse deās, quālīs Nērēia Dōtō  
of the great water, as Doto the daughter of Nereus

**6** Noctem illam tēctī silvīs immānia mōnstra  
That night we get through under cover of the woods, bearing

## Vergil's words: anima, līmen

**7** Vīs et Tarquiniōs rēgēs, animamque superbam  
Will you see the Tarquin kings as well, and the proud soul

**8** Iamque adeō super ūnus eram, cum līmina Vestae  
And by now I was the only one left, when I catch sight

## Aeneid I. 338; Aeneid III. 470

## Aeneid VI. 776; Aeneid VIII. 65

## Vergil's words: aether, opto, ductor

**9** Et iam fīnis erat, cum Iuppiter aethere summō  
And now there was an end of it, when Jupiter, from the top of the air,

**10** sīve Erycīs fīnis rēgemque optātis Acestēn,  
or the country of Eryx and king Acestes,

**11** hīs ego tē, Aenēā, ductōrem mīlibus addam.  
To these thousands, Aeneas, I will add you as leader.

## Vergil's words: juventus, sterno, turbo

**12** Iam pater Aenēās et iam Troiāna iuventūs  
Now father Aeneas, now the young men of Troy

**13** Ēmathiōna Liger, Corynaeum sternit Asīlās,  
Liger lays out Emathion, Asilas Corynaeus,

**14** turbābat caelō; nunc terrās ōrdine longō  
was scattering in the open air; now in a long file they seem

## Vergil's words: vertex, pietas

**15** Hanc super in speculīs summōque in vertice montis  
Above it, among the lookouts on the very peak of the mountain,

**16** Troiānōs, sī quid pietās antīqua labōrēs  
to the last man, if the old duty still has any regard

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| summōque | highest, greatest, from summum |

## Aeneid VI. 706; Aeneid VIII. 496

## Vergil's words: āter, pelagus, ōmen

**17** Teucrōrumque aliōs, āter quōs aequore turbō  
and other Teucrians, whom the black storm on the sea

**18** prōspectum lātē pelagō petit, Anthea sī quem  
prospect wide over the sea, in case he might see some Antheus

**19** ōminibus. Sed rēgna Tyrī germānus habēbat  
in her first marriage rites. But her brother held the kingdom of Tyre,

## Vergil's words: lūmen, tempestas, honor

**20** lūmina nec generum Aenēān captīva vidēbō.”  
at that same moment, and not see Aeneas as my son-in-law, a captive.”

**21** nimbōrumque facīs tempestātumque potentem.”  
and you make me lord of the storm clouds and the tempests.”

**22** accēpit Rōma, et patrium servāvit honōrem;  
took it up in turn, and kept the rite of the fathers;

## Vergil's words: fors, mūnus

**23** Nōs Troiā antīquā, sī vestrās forte per aurīs  
We are from ancient Troy, if the name of Troy has by chance

**24** Tum pater Aenēās “Vestra” inquit “mūnera vōbīs  
Then father Aeneas said: “Your gifts stand sure for you,

## Aeneid III. 337; Aeneid III. 532

## Aeneid V. 749; Aeneid VI. 692–693

## Vergil's words: ēgregius, ops, tellūs

**25** Est et Volscōrum ēgregiā dē gente Camilla,  
And there is Camilla, of the excellent Volscian nation,

**26** īnsula, dīves opum, Priamī dum rēgna manēbant,  
rich in resources while Priam's kingdoms still stood,

**27** “Heu, quae nunc tellūs” inquit “quae mē aequora possunt  
“Alas,” he said, “what land now, what waters, can

## Vergil's words: nympha, sono, furor

**28** an Phoebī soror? an nymphārum sanguinis ūna?—  
Phoebus' sister? or one of the blood of the nymphs?

**29** Inde, ubi clāra dedit sonitum tuba, fīnibus omnēs,  
Then, when the clear trumpet gave its note, all of them,

**30** Quōs inter medius vēnit furor. Ille Sychaeum  
Between the two of them madness came. He, unholy and blind

## Vergil's words: mīro, heu

**31** Trīnacriae mīrāta fremit Troiaeque iuventūs.  
the young men of Sicily and Troy murmur in wonder at them.

**32** Heu quantae miserīs caedēs Laurentibus īnstant;  
Ah, what slaughter stands over the wretched Laurentians!

## Aeneid VIII. 537

## Vergil's words: umbro, cognōminis, placidus

**33** ad genitōrem īmās Erebī dēscendit ad umbrās.  
goes down to his father, to the lowest shades of Erebus.

**34** Est locus, Hesperiam Grāī cognōmine dīcunt,  
There is a place the Greeks call Hesperia by name,

**35** iam senior longā placidās in pāce regēbat.  
an old man now, ruling them quiet in a long peace.

## Vergil's words: memoro, converto, sīquis

**36** rēgem adit et rēgī memorat nōmenque genusque,  
came to the king, and told the king his name and his line,

**37** convertēre oculōs Italī, quīque alta tenēbant  
turned their eyes, each outdoing the other, those who held the high

**38** cēde locīs; ego, sīquā super fortūnā labōrum est,  
give up the place. Whatever fortune of these labors is left,

## Vergil's words: amplus, fūnus

**39** Tū faciem illīus noctem nōn amplius ūnam  
You are to counterfeit his face by a trick for one night,

**40** sanguine, sunt illīs sua fūnera pārque per omnīs  
blood, they have their own dead, and one storm passed

## Aeneid VI. 403–404